MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW060

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	31-Mar-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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		NMI
Name	PRINCE OF WALES, BLACK PRINCE, MAID OF ERIN, ARMSTRONG, ABERDEEN	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L045
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L06E
Latitude	050º 24' 06''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 03' 28''	Northing	5585315
		Easting	353763
Commodities	Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Prince of Wales showing is located 21 kilometres northeast of Vernon, near the headwaters of Putnam Creek.

In this area, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks are faulted over metasedimentary rocks of the Proterozoic Silver Creek Formation. A porphyry dike of Mesozoic-Cenozoic age cuts the Nicola Group.

The light grey porphyry dike carries silver, lead, gold and molybdenum values. The 0.5 to 1.2 metre thick dike is impregnated with galena, pyrite and molybdenite and is exposed for up to 180 metres length on surface. The mineralized dike extends south to the Mystery showing (082LSW59).

By 1902 exploration was through tunnels and cross-cuts (at least 60 metres in length) and open cuts.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1899-747; 1900-886; 1902-188 EMPR BULL 1940 No. 9, p. 95 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR MAP 7216G, 8513G EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MEM 296 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60 CANMET (Mines Branch, Department of Mines) No. 592, p. 52 EMPR PFD 681568